Many inquired how
it was possible for Miguel land such a good job without
proper documentation. The sad answer is that Miguel has
all his papers. They`re phony, of course, but they`re
good enough to get him hired.

Miguel isn`t going
to need his bogus documents too much longer. “All my
paper work is in order,” he told me.

As Miguel spoke, my
mind ticked off the possible ways he might qualify for a
green card. But I drew a blank. Miguel wasn`t part of an
amnesty, he hasn`t married and he has no visa. Finally,
I asked him how that was possible.

The answer: $2,500
up front to an Immigration and Naturalization Services
employee in Los Angeles with $2,500 to follow when the
deal is done.

I have a Salvadoran
student who is a very enterprising fellow, too. “Raul”
asked me to write a letter on school stationery stating
that he has been in the U.S. long enough to qualify for

For those on the
low end of the economic spectrum, $100 is just fine,
thank you.

In Sacramento last
week, 54 Mexican illegal aliens were arrested for
selling fraudulent social security cards at prices
ranging from $70 to $100. A wide selection of drugs and
weapons were also available.

Corrupt
officials–like the one that helped Miguel–can speed
things along. In Tennessee Katherine Smith, a driver`s
license examiner, was
arrested for allowing five illegal
Middle Easterners to obtain their licenses even though
they did not take a driving test.

The five weren`t
even Tennessee residents. Proving that no obstacle is
too great, they had driven from New York to Tennessee –
a state

found dead
on February 12 in
rural Memphis after her car apparently ran off the
highway and crashed into a light pole. She had been
scheduled to appear in court the next day.

The odd timing of
Smith`s fatality and the unusually intense fire inside
the car triggered an FBI investigation. Some

suspect connections between the five
defendants and the September 11th attacks.

Said FBI spokesman
George Bolds, “if there were individuals involved with
her [in the driver`s license scheme] who were concerned
about their participation being known as a result of her
prosecution, they might have a motive to do her harm.”

The only way to end
the sham of fake documents and corrupt officials is to

seal our borders and tighten
procedures at overseas consulate offices. Once illegal
aliens set foot inside the country, it`s game, set and
match in their favor. Illegal aliens go underground to
purchase the false IDs needed to blend into the
mainstream – assuming the federal government doesn`t
dream up some accommodating program like